Tool-holder.



T. O'HARLTONJ TOOL HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED 00T.26, 1911.

msamlQ WITNESSES. [NVENTQR Af/omsy Patented Feb. 18,1913.

THOMAS CHARLTON, OF PHILADELPHIA, LENNSYLVANIA.

TOOL-HOLDER.

Specification of. Letters'iatent. Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

Application file d October 26, 1911. Serial No. 656,982.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS CHARLTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tool-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My inventionrelates to improvements in tool holders, and more particularly to an improved device of this kind adapted for use is connection with lawn mower handles; but which of course is adapted for other uses.

A further object is to provide a tool holder which is capable of supporting in convenient reach, an oil can, a screw driver, and a wrench without interfering with the ordinary operation-of the lawn mower.

With these-and other objects in view, the

invention consists in certain novel features of construction' and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be' more fully hereinafter described and. pointed out in the claim.

Int-he accompanying drawings: Figure 1',

'is a view in front elevation illustrating my improvements in position on a lawn mower handle. Fig. 2, 1s a fragmentary view in longitudinal section. Fig. 3, is a top view of the tool holder, and Fig. 4, is a view in cross section through the central portion of the tool holder with the several tools removed.

1, represents a metal plate which is adapted to be secured to a lawn mower handle 2 by means of screws 3. On said plate 1, at itsupper and lower ends, transverse-bars 4 and 5 respectively are secured by screws 6. The lower bar 5 is provided at its ends with rings 7 and 8 respectively, the former preferably. larger than the latter and provided with an internal flange 9. to support an oil can 10. The smaller ring 8 is adapted to support the lower end with a screw-driver 11. To hold the oil can and screw-driver against lateraldisplacement, strips 12 ar'esecured to the bar 4, and said bar and said strips are both composed of spring metal, and are bent forming clamping jaws so as to tightly clamp the screw-driver ferrule and the neck can spout respectively.

A metal bar 13 is secured to the lower end of the plate 11 by means of a screw 14 pended claim.

and extends downward fiat against. the hendle 2, and is provided at its lower end with a spring clamp l5. This clamp is adapted to engage the restricted portion of a wrench 16, whlle the enlarged end of the wrench engages the lower end. of the plate 1, and hence said wrench will be held against lat eral movement, and will lie practically flat against the face of the handle 2. It will therefore be noted that my improved bracket supports the screw-driver, the oil can, and the wrench in convenient reach, and holds all of them against rattling, yet permits. their ready removal when desired. The bars 4 and 5 are bent at their ends so as to position the oil can and the screw-driver at opposite sides of the handle 2 to economize'space and to give a better appearance to the device in use.

While I have described my improvements in connection with lawn mower handles, 'it is of course adapted for use in connection with other handles, and in other places, and I do not limit myself therefore to the particular use nor to the particular details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope-of. the ap Having thus described my invention, What I claimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: I

A lawn mowerhandle in combination plate andsecured between their ends to the plate at its upper and lower ends respec-- tively, said bars at their ends being bent downwardly and terminating in a plane in rear of the plate, whereby articles supported thereon will be positioned at opposite sides of the handle, supports formed on the ends of the lower bar, and spring clamps on the ends of the upper bar, and a clamp-on the lower end of the plate adapted to support an article against the handle below the plate, 

